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Many of San Francisco workers are being priced far out of the city due to the housing shortage. But how far? According to one personâs calculations, rents are so high, it would be worth it to move to Las Vegas and fly back to San Francisco for work.

Alissa Walker

October 20th

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The water level in Lake Mead has been fairly steadily falling for the last 15 years, something proven quite easily using many charts and graphs. But nothing hammers it home quite like NASAâs before-and-after shots.

Chris Mills

August 19th

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Apple Pay continuesÂ its rollout across the US withÂ a stop in Las Vegas. The Cosmopolitan resortÂ has announced that Apple Pay will be accepted at the hotels’ front desk, restaurants and barsÂ by early June. Room service can also be streamlined using Apple Pay, as the concierge service will also accept Apple Pay as a payment method. This means that you can pay with your iPhone or even your Apple Watch.

It’s unclear if you will be able to gamble directly with Apple Pay â mostÂ casinos limit chips purchasing to cash only transactions. Or ifÂ credit cards are accepted, the payments are marked as cash advances so there are noÂ ways to turnÂ quick money.Â It is not known if the establishmentÂ can or will support this kind of transaction through Apple Pay.

In a statement, TheÂ Cosmopolitan marketing officer said:

âAs always, we are thrilled to lead the market with a new component to a Las Vegas experience that makes everything a bit faster and a great deal easierâ.

Apple’s market power has pushed Apple Pay quickly across America, with thousands of accepting merchants. Over 200 banks and credit unions now support Apple Pay.Â There is still no news about an international Apple Pay rollout, however. Cook said it wants to get Apple Pay internationally by the end of the year.

Benjamin Mayo

May 7th

The annual Las Vegas Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade show is the biggest gun show in America, attracting 33,000 people each year. And Sarah Palin. I was about the only visitor not wearing a pistol, but I did manage to find some neat new stuff.

Corey Hass

February 20th

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This futuristic night view of Las Vegas was captured from a Royal Australian air force C-130J Super Hercules when it was landing after a training mission, during Red Flag 15-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, on February 9th 2015. [Senior Airman Thomas Spangler/U.S. Air Force]

Attila Nagy

February 19th

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After capturing the most amazing images of New York ever, Vincent Laforet is using the same technology to photograph other major cities around the world. This is Las Vegas. The results are even crazier than NYCâwith this unprecedented clarity and from this vantage point, Sin City looks like the world of Tron. Unreal.

Jesus Diaz

February 10th

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There's one problem with many car and bike sharing programs: By the time you've decided where to go, you're already locked into a transportation mode. You're either waiting for a cab to pick you up, making your way to a kiosk of bikes, or unlocking a nearby ZipCar. What if you could tell an app what you needed to do and let the app provide you with the best method to get there?

Alissa Walker

October 1st

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Las Vegas gets 90 percent of its water from Lake Mead, the lake created by the Hoover Dam about 45 miles away. It's also a lake that's only half fullâwith water levels that are decreasing every year. Now the city must dig a massive tunnel that will dip deeper into the lake to ensure Las Vegas's water supply doesn't run out.

Alissa Walker

June 12th

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If you've visited Vegas anytime since 2009, you've likely seen the empty hotel. It doesn't have any signage, rather, it's often swaddled in ads, like the world's priciest billboardâa bloated Cirque du Soleil-wrapped blue whale hovering over the Strip for four lonely years. Now a court ruling is finally putting the doomed hotel out of its misery.